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George Sidney Hellman (November 14, 1878-July 23, 1958) was an American author, editor, and art collector
Biography
editHellman was the grandson of Joseph Seligman.[1] Hellman assisted J. Pierpont Morgan with his book collection that later became the Morgan Library.[2] In 1909, he helped Morgan acquire the book collection of Stephen H. Wakeman for $165,000, which included an important selection of works by Nathaniel Hawthorne.[3] Hellman wrote one of the first biographies of Washington Irving in 1925. Scholars were divided on the works historical merit. The book focused more on Irving's life rather than his literary career. It has been described as "the best biography of Irving that has been written"[4], but Hellman's approach was criticized as "informal and anecdotal".[5] Hellman became a trustee of the Arts Council of the City of New York in 1927.[6] In 1938 he began working on the first biography of Benjamin Cardozo, though Irving Lehman, Hellman's friend and Cardozo's executor, denied him access to Cardozo's personal papers.[7]
References
edit- ^ Birmingham, Stephen (1967). "Our crowd": The great Jewish families of New York. Harper & Row. p. 244.
- ^ A Century of commentary on the works of Washington Irving, 1860-1974. p. 147.
- ^ Bruccoli, Matthew J. (2010). On books and writers : selected essays. University of South Carolina Press. p. 173. ISBN 9781570039027.
- ^ O'Neill, Edward H. (1961). A history of American biography, 1800-1935. A.S. Barnes. p. 210.
- ^ Leary, Lewis (1976). American literature : a study and research guide. St. Martin's Press. p. 107.
- ^ "Hellman Takes Post". The Art Digest. 2 (6): 7.
- ^ The world of Benjamin Cardozo : personal values and the judicial process. p. 4.
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